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Melbourne V. 1-0 Adelaide United - February 28, 2009 / A-League 2008/2009

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A-League 2008/2009 - Final

Olympic Park Stadium - Melbourne - Australia

February 28, 2009

53 273

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United

(right foot) Tom Pondeljak

59'

logo Melbourne Victory MV

10' - Red card Cristiano

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56' - Substitution Nick Wardis substituted by Evan Berger56

59' - Goal Tom Pondeljak59

63' - Substitution Lucas Pantelisis substituted by Paul Agostino

65' - Red card Danny Allsopp65

73' - Substitution Scott Jamiesonis substituted by Cássio

83' - Substitution Tom Pondeljakis substituted by Jose Luis Lopez83

89' - Substitution Evan Bergeris substituted by Grant Brebner89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United

Melbourne V. Adelaide United

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Allsopp65

Danny Allsopp

Australia

B.date10/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Thompson

Archie Thompson

Australia

B.date23/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez

Costa Rica

B.date09/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ward56

Nick Ward

Australia

B.date24/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Pondeljak5983

Tom Pondeljak

Australia

B.date08/01/1976

Age33 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Celeski

Billy Celeski

Australia

B.date14/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Kemp

Matthew Kemp

Australia

B.date08/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Ryall

Sebastian Ryall

Australia

B.date18/07/1989

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Muscat

Kevin Muscat

Australia

B.date07/08/1973

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Vargas

Rodrigo Vargas

Australia

B.date20/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Theoklitos

Michael Theoklitos

Australia

B.date11/02/1981

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Theoklitos		28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sebastian Ryall		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Muscat		35	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rodrigo Vargas		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kemp		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Celeski		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Pondeljak	5983	33	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Ward	56	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Hernandez		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Allsopp	65	30	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Archie Thompson		30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Adelaide United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cristiano10

Cristiano

Brazil

B.date03/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Midfielder

Dodd

Travis Dodd

Australia

B.date06/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Jamieson73

Scott Jamieson

Australia

B.date13/10/1988

Age20 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Pantelis63

Lucas Pantelis

Australia

B.date12/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m66

positionLeft Midfielder

Barbiero

Fabian Barbiero

Australia

B.date02/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Reid

Paul Reid

Australia

B.date06/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Mullen

Daniel Mullen

Australia

B.date26/10/1989

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Salley

Jonas Salley

Australia

B.date16/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ognenovski

Sasa Ognenovski

Australia

B.date03/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Australia

B.date24/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m97

positionCentral defender

Galekovic

Eugene Galekovic

Australia

B.date12/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eugene Galekovic		27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Cornthwaite		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonas Salley		26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sasa Ognenovski		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Jamieson	73	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Mullen		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Reid		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabian Barbiero		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Pantelis	63	26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cristiano	10	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Travis Dodd		29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Evan Berger	5689	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jose Luis Lopez	59	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Grant Brebner	83	31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Cássio	73	29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Paul Agostino	63	33	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernie Merrick

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Merrick vs Adelaide United

10 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Merrick vs Vidmar

6 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Aurelio Vidmar

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Vidmar vs Melbourne V.

1 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Vidmar vs Merrick

1 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Referee

Matthew Breeze

10 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Melbourne V.19 matches	General total	Adelaide United19 matches	6 victories	1 draw	12 losses
6 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Melbourne V.7 matches	Season total	Adelaide United9 matches	3 victories	0 draw	6 losses
Latest figure on January 15, 2011					Latest figure on February 05, 2011

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Key figures

Melbourne V. keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Adelaide United running (since 12/09/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/02/2007 (2 matches)

Melbourne V. keeps its 8 consecutive wins at home running (since 21/11/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/10/2006 (5 matches)

Melbourne V. keeps its 5 matches without conceding any goal running (since 16/01/2009). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/09/2008 (2 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMelbourne Victory 3-2 Sydney FC27/12/2008

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Brisbane Roar02/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 1-0 Adelaide United06/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 3-0 Central Coast Mariners16/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 Wellington Phoenix23/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Adelaide United14/02/2009

Overall

VMelbourne Victory 1-0 Adelaide United06/01/2009

LPerth Glory 3-2 Melbourne Victory11/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 3-0 Central Coast Mariners16/01/2009

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 Wellington Phoenix23/01/2009

VAdelaide United 0-2 Melbourne Victory07/02/2009

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Adelaide United14/02/2009

Current form

Away

LAdelaide United 0-1 Gamba Osaka14/12/2008

VPerth Glory 0-1 Adelaide United26/12/2008

LMelbourne Victory 1-0 Adelaide United06/01/2009

DWellington Phoenix 1-1 Adelaide United18/01/2009

VCentral Coast Mariners 0-1 Adelaide United25/01/2009

LMelbourne Victory 4-0 Adelaide United14/02/2009

Overall

DAdelaide United 0-0 Brisbane Roar14/01/2009

DWellington Phoenix 1-1 Adelaide United18/01/2009

VCentral Coast Mariners 0-1 Adelaide United25/01/2009

LAdelaide United 0-2 Melbourne Victory07/02/2009

LMelbourne Victory 4-0 Adelaide United14/02/2009

VAdelaide United 1-0 Brisbane Roar21/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	4
Unbeaten streak	7	4
Drawless streak	17	18
Scoring streak	7	14
Invincibility streak	4	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

674	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	602
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
14	Victories (Competition total)	12
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.55
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.04
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Danny Allsopp	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Cristiano
Danny Allsopp	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Travis Dodd
Kevin Muscat	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Travis Dodd
Kevin Muscat	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Travis Dodd
Danny Allsopp	7 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Fabian Barbiero

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

1 d

2 l

18 gf

5 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

10 gf

10 ga

Total

17 matches

9 v

3 d

5 l

28 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

10 gf

10 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

1 d

6 l

5 gf

18 ga

Total

17 matches

5 v

3 d

9 l

15 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 18, 2007
Home	6 - 0	February 18, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 12, 2007
Away	1 - 0	October 15, 2006

Latest head to head

February 14, 2009 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

4 - 0

Adelaide United logo Adelaide United

February 07, 2009 - A-League 2008/2009

Adelaide United

0 - 2

Melbourne V.

January 06, 2009 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United logo Adelaide United

October 31, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Adelaide United

2 - 3

Melbourne V.

September 12, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United logo Adelaide United

Best historical scorers against Adelaide United

Archie Thompson	7 goals	2007 - 2009
Kevin Muscat	6 goals	2006 - 2008
Danny Allsopp	4 goals	2006 - 2009
Carlos Hernandez	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Nick Ward	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Claudinho	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Travis Dodd	6 goals	2006 - 2008
Paul Agostino	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Fernando	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Louis Brain	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Greg Owens	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Lucas Pantelis	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Adelaide United

Michael Theoklitos	16 matches	2005 - 2009
Kevin Muscat	15 matches	2005 - 2009
Archie Thompson	15 matches	2005 - 2009
Danny Allsopp	15 matches	2005 - 2009
Rodrigo Vargas	14 matches	2006 - 2009
Grant Brebner	13 matches	2006 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Travis Dodd	17 matches	2005 - 2009
Angelo Costanzo	13 matches	2005 - 2008
Richie Alagich	11 matches	2005 - 2007
Michael Valkanis	11 matches	2005 - 2009
Robert Cornthwaite	10 matches	2005 - 2009
Carl Veart	9 matches	2005 - 2007